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Jimmy Cheung

Corruption and mishandling of a mass protest have been blamed  for dealing a  blow to the Macau government's image, with a survey showing Hong Kong people's perception of the administration has plunged.

Those expressing  positive views on the  Macau government dropped 30 percentage points from last November to   36 per cent last month,  the public opinion programme of the University of Hong Kong poll found. The negative rating rose nine points to 12 per cent.

The positive perception level was substantially lower than the  53 per cent for the Hong Kong government.

Negative feelings towards the Hong Kong administration  eased three points to  7  per cent   over the past six months.

The Macau government used to be more popular than Hong Kong's, with positive ratings ranging from  57 to 68 per cent between November 2004 and last November. Hong Kong's figures fluctuated between 27 and 59 per cent.

The survey has tracked local people's perception of the governments in Hong Kong, the mainland, Taiwan and Macau and  overseas countries over the past 10 years.

The Labour Day protest in Macau last month made headlines after protesters angry over government corruption and policies clashed with police. A motorcyclist was hit by a stray bullet fragment when an officer fired five shots in the air during the protest.

Pollster Robert Chung Ting-yiu  said the survey showed people were dissatisfied with the Macau authorities.

'Hong Kong people do not like the way the Macau government handled  people's protests, and the corrupt practices in Macau.'

Only 5  per cent of the 1,008 respondents had positive views on the Taiwanese government, while 59 per cent disapproved  of its performance.

Of other governments,  Singapore scored the highest positive rating of 55 per cent, followed by Canada, Australia  and Britain, according to the survey.



Corruption and police response to protest bruise Macau's image